52.6% ▲ +51.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Balmain · Suburb / Locality
Religion in Balmain
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
More than half of the people in Balmain identify as having no religion, making it a far less religious area than most of the country. This shift is striking, with 52.6% of residents now opting out of a religious identity.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
The number of people with no religion is far above the national figure of 38.9% and the New South Wales figure of 33.2%. Christianity is the next most common affiliation at 38.2%, while smaller groups include Buddhists at 1.3% and Jews at 0.8%.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Balmain, No religion is the majority at 53%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 51.9%
- Secular beliefs 0.6%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 20.7%
- Anglican 9.9%
- Orthodox 2.2%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 1.7%
- Other Christian 1.6%
- Uniting Church 1.2%
- Baptist 0.3%
- Pentecostal 0.3%
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- Other religious groups 0.3%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10165/balmain/topic/religion